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Long March 4 Series

The Long March 4 series is a Chinese three-stage expendable launch-vehicle lineage developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology within CASC. Its hypergolic variants are optimized for sun-synchronous and other Earth orbits and have launched meteorological, remote-sensing, scientific, and lunar-relay spacecraft from Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang.

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Aliases
Chang Zheng 4 seriesCZ-4 seriesLM-4 series长征四号系列
Family Name
Long March 4
Full Name
Long March 4 Series
Reusability
expendable
Slug
long-march-4-series
Status
active
Type
rocket

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Description
The Long March 4 series is a Chinese three-stage expendable launch-vehicle lineage developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology within CASC. Its hypergolic variants are optimized for sun-synchronous and other Earth orbits and have launched meteorological, remote-sensing, scientific, and lunar-relay spacecraft from Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang.
First Flight Year
1,988
Manufacturer Id
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Parent Vehicle Family Id
nd7k3y0mk4nnpe7tpgfqfddnph8afsx4
Stages Count
3

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Creation Time
7/13/2026, 11:29:13 AM
Updated Time
7/13/2026, 11:29:13 AM